Zapata vive, la lucha sigue! contemporary rug

Zapata vive, la lucha sigue! contemporary rugTamao: 70x100cm Size: 2. 2x3. 2 ft Tejedor Weaver: Luis Mendoza Materiales y mtodos: lana criollo de borrego teida a mano con tintes naturales: b (grana cochinilla), Yauhtli (pericn) y Jiquilite (ail). Tejido a mano en telar de pedal Zapoteco del estilo del siglo XVI adaptado de telares Europeos. Tejido usando una trama de algodn de 7 hilos por pulgada. Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed with natural dyes: B (cochineal), Yauhtli

It depicts a frame of agaves surrounding the eye of the feather snake--the diamond pattern

7 threads per inch

The first two years of the year were crispy and sunny then it started to get cloudy and cold and today on January 5th was raining in the evening

we do not plant monocultures we make the milpa (corn

We recommend using this rug to meditate or lay down to connect with ancient snake knowledge

Hand woven on a Zapotec walking style of loom and 7 threads per inch reed

The word for water in Zapotec is "Niís" this is the root word used for many other words

Javier offered to help sketch and wanted to add the coulds too

hence the smile symbol along with lightning and thunder pattern that announces the rains and Gaalnazak (abundance and joy) that comes with it

Some native people have noted how the western world advances destroying nature's life support systems while writing their history on the skin of trees with the boold of many animal and human beings

it also has an agave thorn in its left hand that represents the penitence needed to attain awareness

beans and squash